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2. The electronic communications method of claim 1, where each of the multiple sub-areas has a border area that differentiates one of the multiple sub-areas from another of the multiple sub-areas.
3. The electronic communications method of claim 1, where each of the multiple sub-areas have a bump, where the bump is at a raised height than the rest of the area of each of the multiple areas.
4. The electronic communications method of claim 1, where each of the multiple sub-areas is associated with a capacitive touch pad.
5. The electronic communications method of claim 1, where the menu and the other menu are displayed together on a graphical user interface.
6. The electronic communications method of claim 1, where the menu and the other menu are not displayed together on a graphical user interface.
8. The electronic communications method of claim 7, where the analyzing the patterns of previous electronic inputs changes the displayed menu information.
10. The method of claim 1, where a combination of the multiple sub-areas is not designed as a QWERTY keyboard but inputs into one or more of the multiple sub-areas provide the same input and output features of the QWERTY keyboard, and where inputting particular information via the multiple sub-areas requires less time than if the particular information was inputted into the QWERTY keyboard.
12. The device of claim 11, where the first menu includes selections that are different from other selections associated with the second menu.
13. The device of claim 12, where the bumps are raised at a different height than the rest of the one or more sub-areas, and wherein each of the bumps are different in shape.
14. The device of claim 13, where a portion of the bumps are of an irregular shape.
15. The device of claim 12, where a combination of the one or more sub-areas is not designed as a QWERTY keyboard but inputs into one or more of the multiple sub-areas to provide the same input and output features of the QWERTY keyboard.
16. The device of claim 12, wherein the device includes a light emitting diode.
17. The device of claim 12, wherein each of the one or more sub-areas have borders.
18. The device of claim 17, wherein the borders are raised above portions of each of the one or more sub-areas.
20. The device of claim 11, where the first menu includes a selection that is associated with a particular sub-area of the one or more sub-areas.
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August 15, 2023
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